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-======April 12, 1902======
+====== April 12, 1902 ======
-======April 13, 1902======
+===== News =====
-======April 14, 1902======
+The team beat [[Princeton]] in a spring training game, 21-4. First baseman [[Harry Davis]] hit three doubles.
-======April 15, 1902======
+----
-======April 16, 1902======
+| [[april-11-1902|< Apr 11, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-13-1902|Apr 13, 1902 >]] |
-======April 17, 1902======
+====== April 13, 1902 ======
-======April 18, 1902======
+===== News =====
-======April 19, 1902======
+The team beat [[Jersey City]], 4-0, in a spring training game. Pitchers [[Bill Duggleby]] and [[Snake Wiltse]] combined on a one-hitter.
+----
+| [[april-12-1902|< Apr 12, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-14-1902|Apr 14, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 14, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+[[Socks Seybold]]’s pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Athletics a 3-2 win over [[Newark]].
+----
+| [[april-13-1902|< Apr 13, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-15-1902|Apr 15, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 15, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+[[Chick Fraser]] made his first mound appearance of the spring for the Athletics in their 10-5 win over [[Newark]].
+----
+| [[april-14-1902|< Apr 14, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-16-1902|Apr 16, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 16, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+The team beat [[Villanova]], 16-2, in a spring training game.
+----
+| [[april-15-1902|< Apr 15, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-17-1902|Apr 17, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 17, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+The Athletics beat [[Jersey City]] in a spring game, 12-4.
+----
+| [[april-16-1902|< Apr 16, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-18-1902|Apr 18, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 18, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+Second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] belted four doubles in an 18-5 spring training win over [[Jersey City]].
+----
+| [[april-17-1902|< Apr 17, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-19-1902|Apr 19, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 19, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+The Athletics beat [[Newark]], 7-5, in a spring exhibition game.
+----
+| [[april-18-1902|< Apr 18, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-21-1902|Apr 21, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 20, 1902======
-======April 21, 1902======
+====== April 21, 1902 ======
-======April 22, 1902======
+===== News =====
-======April 23, 1902======
+The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision regarding second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]].	A year ago the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled that Lajoie, along with pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] were not bound by contracts they had signed with the Phillies in 1900 and were free to play for the Athletics in 1901. The Philadelphia court based their decision on two factors: that the players in question did not provide a unique and irreplaceable service to the Phillies and that the contracts lacked “mutuality” because they allowed the team to dismiss the players on ten-days notice while not affording the players the same option.
-======April 24, 1902======
+In this new decision, the Supreme Court said that Lajoie’s skill set made him unique among players and hard to replace and said that mutuality did not require a precise 1:1 relationship between sides. The court accepted the Phillies argument that the salary ($2,400) offered to Lajoie was sufficiently high to compensate him for the lack of an out clause. Following the decision, Athletics president [[Ben Shibe]] and manager [[Connie Mack]] withheld comment until they could consult with the team’s lawyers
-======April 25, 1902======
+Other Athletics players thought to be possibly affected by the ruling were pitcher [[Bill Duggleby]], third baseman [[Lave Cross]], shortstop [[Monte Cross]], and outfielders [[Topsy Hartsel]] and [[Elmer Flick]].
-======April 26, 1902======
+In less exalted matters, the team beat the [[Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]], 12-8, in the final game of spring training. The school had a standing rule prohibiting their students from competing against pro teams and the Athletics had to arrive at the ballpark under a mantle of stealth
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+| [[april-19-1902|< Apr 19, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-22-1902|Apr 22, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 22, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+After consulting with their lawyers, president [[Ben Shibe]] and manager [[Connie Mack]] asserted that yesterday’s court ruling overturning the decision that allowed second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] to play for the Athletics last season only applied to Lajoie and not to pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] who had also figured in last year’s decision. Phillies owner John Rogers announced he would petition the court to issue an injunction against all three players appearing for the A’s in the upcoming season.
+----
+| [[april-21-1902|< Apr 21, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-23-1902|Apr 23, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 23, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+The Athletics opened the regular season in Baltimore where they defeated the [[Yankees|Orioles]], 8-1
+In response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s reversal of the [[Nap Lajoie|Lajoie]] decision, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued a temporary five-day injunction against the second baseman appearing for the Athletics pending further deliberations. Lajoie had started the season opener in an A’s uniform, but when manager [[Connie Mack]] received word of the court’s decision in the eighth inning he immediately pulled Lajoie from the game.
+----
+| [[april-22-1902|< Apr 22, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-24-1902|Apr 24, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 24, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+With [[Dave Fultz]] appearing at second base in place of [[Nap Lajoie]] who was legally barred from playing, the Athletics lost to [[Yankees|Baltimore]], 6-2, in Baltimore.
+----
+| [[april-23-1902|< Apr 23, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-25-1902|Apr 25, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 25, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+Today’s scheduled game in Baltimore was rained out.
+----
+| [[april-24-1902|< Apr 24, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-26-1902|Apr 26, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 26, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+On a windy, dusty day in Baltimore, the [[Yankees|Orioles]] beat the Athletics, 6-2.
+----
+| [[april-25-1902|< Apr 25, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-28-1902|Apr 28, 1902 >]] |
 ======April 27, 1902======
-======April 28, 1902======
+====== April 28, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+Shortstop [[Monte Cross]] belted a pair of three-run homers to lead the Athletics to a 12-9 win over the [[Twins|Senators]] in Washington.
+The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ruled that the injunction against second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] playing for the A’s was permanent and added pitchers [[Chick Fraser]] and [[Bill Bernhard]] to the injunction.
+----
+| [[april-26-1902|< Apr 26, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-29-1902|Apr 29, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 29, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+On a gray and sometimes rainy day, the [[Twins|Senators]] beat the Athletics, 7-2, in Washington.
+----
+| [[april-28-1902|< Apr 28, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[april-30-1902|Apr 30, 1902 >]] |
+====== April 30, 1902 ======
+===== News =====
+The Athletics beat the [[Twins|Senators]], 11-7, in Washington.
+American League owners met and vowed to fight court-ordered injunctions preventing [[Nap Lajoie]] and others playing for American League teams. League president Ban Johnson said they had new evidence to submit.
+===== Transactions =====
+The team signed right-handed pitcher [[Ed Kenna]]. Released by [[Guardians|Cleveland]] on the 27th, he had most recently pitched for Grand Rapids in the Western Association last year.
-======April 29, 1902======
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-======April 30, 1902======
+| [[april-29-1902|< Apr 29, 1902]]  |  [[1902 calendar|Back to Calendar]]  |  [[may-1-1902|May 1, 1902 >]] |
 ======May 1, 1902======